The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Finally back again and ready to get the nominations underway. Please nominate any mystery, crime, thriller, espionage, etc. novel where books play a central focus in the story. As just one example of what I mean, I give you Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders.

To give you other ideas, here are a couple of lists featuring this sort of thing:

https://modernmrsdarcy.com/bookish-my...
http://crimebythebook.com/reading-lis...

Please don't nominate your own book, and remember: if your book wins the poll vote, you will head up the discussion. Have fun!

Good lists, Nancy!

Pam wrote: "Good lists, Nancy!"

Thanks. There are quite a few out there ... these are just two.

I nominate the first book in Joan Hess' Clair Malloy Mysteries: Strangled Prose because the sleuth is the proprietor of a bookstore set in Farberville in northwestern Arkansas.

Id like to nominate Booked to Die. The mc is an avid collector of rare books and opens up a bookstore.

I'd like to nominate The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom

I would like to nominate A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

Leena wrote: "Id like to nominate Booked to Die. The mc is an avid collector of rare books and opens up a bookstore."

I love this series. So sorry the author is unable to continue writing due to severe health issues. I'm going with your nomination.

I 2nd the nomination of Booked to Die in the Cliff Janeway series.

I'll nominate Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan. Set in a bookstore in Denver, Co.

Nancy wrote: "Finally back again and ready to get the nominations underway. Please nominate any mystery, crime, thriller, espionage, etc. novel where books play a central focus in the story. As just one example ..."

Looking forward to these. Am I able to nominate one I have on my to be read shelf?…..so not sure if books definitely appear? It’s Death of an Avid Reader

Nike wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom"

Really good book 🙂

Angelina wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Finally back again and ready to get the nominations underway. Please nominate any mystery, crime, thriller, espionage, etc. novel where books play a central focus in the story. As jus..."

Of course you can nominate a book on your tbr shelf! When I go to put these nominations together in a list here, I'll check the group shelf to make sure none have been recently read.

My husband bought me that book while in the UK. I had to laugh at the title.

CBRetriever wrote: "I nominate the first book in Joan Hess' Clair Malloy Mysteries: Strangled Prose because the sleuth is the proprietor of a bookstore set in Farberville in northwestern Arkansas."

I just finished Strangled Prose and would second this nomination!

How about the Woman in the Library

Ellen wrote: "Leena wrote: "Id like to nominate Booked to Die. The mc is an avid collector of rare books and opens up a bookstore."

I love this series. So sorry the author is unable to continue ..."

I liked that book. I hadn't heard about Dunning's health problems. Just heard about Christopher Fowler dying the other day.

Can I nominate End Man by Alex Austin? End Man

It's a good cyberpunk read. One of the main characters is a voracious reader. The knowledge she has of literature provides clues to solve the mystery. Some of the novels referenced in End Man are Madame Bovary, Dead Souls, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Nineteen Eighty-four, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Ninety-Three. She also brings up Virginia Woolf, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Fitzgerald and Faulkner.

Nike wrote: "I'd like to nominate The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom"

Great choice!

Magpie Murders, and Shadow of the Wind are both good nominations on the board. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean would be a good one too. The show YOU is good and takes place in a bookstore, I bet the books are probably good too. You by Caroline Kepnes.

I 2nd (or 3rd😉) the nominations of Magpie Murders and The Shadow in the Wind. Both excellent books.

Does it matter that Shadow of the Wind was a group read in May 2022? Magpie Murders & The Stranger Diaries (group read in November 2020) are on my TBR ...

Courtney wrote: "Magpie Murders, and Shadow of the Wind are both good nominations on the board. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean would be a good one too. The show YOU is good and takes place in a bookstore, I bet the ..."

Technically, I didn't actually nominate Magpie Murders since it's a book we read as a group just a little over two years ago.

Pam wrote: "Does it matter that Shadow of the Wind was a group read in May 2022? Magpie Murders & The Stranger Diaries (group read in November 2020) are on my TBR ..."

I try to keep group reads from being re-nominated for a period of 2 years or so, so The Shadow of the Wind would be out. Had I actually nominated Magpie Murders, that would be a no-go as well. I just used that as an example.

How about the Other Side of Night?

I love both the Magpie Murders and Stranger Diaries.

I'm putting up a list of nominations today, and the poll tomorrow, so if you want to add anything, today's the day.

Trinity wrote: "I would like to nominate A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw"

I haven't read it yet, but looking over the reviews, etc., it doesn't seem to have much to do with books.

Courtney wrote: "Magpie Murders, and Shadow of the Wind are both good nominations on the board. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean would be a good one too. The show YOU is good and takes place in a bookstore, I bet the ..."

So, which one do you want to nominate exactly?

Donne wrote: " How about the Other Side of Night?"

That's the second book you've nominated -- can you narrow it down between the two? Thanks!

I'll give it one more day for the two people who haven't quite narrowed down their choices to respond and then create the poll.

Going to the poll for sure:

1. Strangled Prose by Joan Hess -- CBRetriever
2. Booked to Die by John Dunning -- Leena
3. The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom -- Nike
4. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan -- Suzy
5. Death of an Avid Reader by Frances Brody -- Angelina
6. End Man by Alex Austin -- Michael
7. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde -- Pam

Is The Eyre Affair / Jasper Fforde allowed?

Actually, that's a good choice!!

Please add it to your list, then!

Will do...later.

I nominate Trust No One by Paul Cleave